COLLEGES Sunday Republican, December 3, 2000 TOP 25 FOOTBALL BCS AP TEAM RECORD 1 Oklahoma 12-0 2 Miami 10-1 3 Florida St. 11-1 Washington 10-1 Oregon St. 10-1 Virginia Tech 10-1 ON 7 Florida 10-2 9 8 Kansas St. 10-3 10 Oregon 9-2 8 10 Nebraska 9-2 11 11 Notre Dome 9-2 12 12 Texas 9-2 14 13 TCU 10-1 14 Purdue 8-3 15 15 Clemson 9-2 16 16 Michigan 8-3 13 17 Georgia Tech 9-2 18 Auburn 9.3 19 Northwestern 8-3 20 Ohio St. 8-3 21 Tennessee 8-3 22 Louisville 9-2 23 Colorado St.
9-2 24 Georgia 7-4 25 Toledo 10-1 NEXT St. 27-24 TBA TBA TBA vs. Purdue, Rose Bowl TBA TBA 28-6 TBA 27-24 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA vs. So. Mobile Bowl vs.
Washington, Rose Bowl vS. TBA, Gator Bowl VS. TBA, Citrus Bowl vS. TBA, Peach Bowl 28-6 TBA VS. TBA, Alamo Bowl vs.
TBA, Outback Bowl TBA vs. Colorado Liberty Bowl vs. Louisville, Liberty Bowl TBA TBA Oklahoma na goes to 12-0 Associated Press RESULT def. Kansas Did not play Did not play Did not play Did play Did not play def. Auburn lost to Oklahoma Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not ploy Did not play.
Did not play Did not ploy lost to Florida Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Oklahoma is more than OK the Sooners are perfect and on their way to the Orange Bowl to play for the national championship. Josh Heupel threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score as No. 1 Oklahoma completed a perfect regular season with a 27-24 victory over No. 8 Kansas State in the Big 12 title game last night at Arrowhead Stadium at Kansas City. Mo.
The Sooners (12-0), the nation's only major unbeaten team. will get a chance for their first national title since 1985 when they play in the Orange Bowl Jan. 3, most likelv against defending champion Florida State (11-1). is Oklahoma and Florida State were first and second in last week's Bowl Championship Series standings and. based on computer projections, seemed certain to remain that way today when the final rankings are released and the BCS officially announces its bowl matchups.
Heupel, in his final Heisman Trophy push, overcame a seasonhigh three interceptions, completing 24 of 44 passes for 220 yards. He threw a 1-yard TD' pass to Trent Smith in the first half, ran 7 yards for a score in the third quarter and hit Andre Woolfolk with a 17-yard scoring pass 36 seconds into the final period to put the Sooners ahead 24-17. Tim Duncan kicked his second field goal of the game, a 46-yarder with 1:25 left that proved to be the winning points. K-State's Jonathan Beasley threw a 16-yard TD pass to Quincy Morgan with six seconds left, but the Sooners recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock as oranges came flying onto the field. SOUTHEASTERN Florida 28, Auburn 6: The Gators are back on top in the Southeastern Conference.
The No. 7 Gators pummeled Auburn for the second time in seven weeks. with Rex Grossman throwjing four touchdown passes for a victory in the SEC title game at Atlanta. Ernest Graham gave Florida (10-2) a lethal ground-air attack, rushing for a career-high 169 yards, and the Gators' ball-hungry defense came up with three critical turnovers in the first half. MID-AMERICAN -t Marshall 19, W.
Michigan 14: This year, it was Byron Leftwich's turn to lead the host Thundering Herd to a comeback victory over the Broncos in the Mid-American Conference title game. Pride: Widener from Page C1 that," said DeLong, who led the 1 to an 11-2 season. "We them three-deep, and they got by that. and we played double coverage, and they got by that, 'and we tried to adjust, but they are just tremendous athletes." Not only athleticism makes the Pioneers stand out. "It's the entire package," said.
"Their quarterback got the ball to them. and the line protected him. They had all the "pieces." For a time, it looked like the Pride was going to be able to keep Widener in sight and perhaps make some halftime adjustments. 44 A sequence of events, however. ended that thinking.
Springfield was driving with the score 20-6 early in the second quarter and advanced to first and goal at the Widener 4. Jay Miller rushed for 3 yards to the 1 before the Pioneers stood up at the goal line and stopped the next two runs for negative yardage. forcing the Pride to attempt a 32-yard field goal. 4 Adjustment time for freshmen University of Massachusetts first-year basketball players Jameel Pugh and Willie Jenkins are getting accustomed to their new roles. 1.
PORTLAND, Ore. Jameel Pugh would like to have the problem Willie Jenkins had. In Jenkins' second college basketball game, the University of Massachusetts freshman stripped off his warmup gear a little too slowly and casually for coach Bruiser Flint's tastes, and Jenkins wound up playing only one minute in a loss at Marquette. At least Jenkins. a 6-foot-6 swingman from Memphis, was asked to come off the bench.
Entering last night's game at Oregon, Pugh hadn't received such a call in UMass first three games. For the first time in his life, the 6-5 freshman guard from Sacramento, is a benchwarmer, not a star. He says he knows his day will come, and when it does, he promises to be ready." trying to stay patient," said Pugh. considered a high school dunking great. I get my opportunity, I want to make the most of it.
and until then, I'll wait my turn." BASKETBALL FOCUS Staff writer each scored 26 points, both career highs, as No. 20 Syracuse beat Virginia Tech 88-68 to win the Carrier Classic at Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse (7-0) won its own tournament for the 22nd time in 26 tries. A-10 TEAMS FALL: Kirk Penney scored a career -high 24 points, and No. 23 Wisconsin routed previously unbeaten Xavier 61-46 in acting cooch Brad Soderberg's first game os replacement for Dick Bennett, who retired Thursday Tamar Slay scored 19 points, and Marshall held off a late surge by No.
24 Dayton to edge the host Flyers 67-65. MEMPHIS' DOUBLE LOSS: Teddy Gipson dribbled inside to produce two key baskets late in the second half and help No. 25 Arkansas beat Memphis 74-68 at Fayetteville, Ark. Serior guard Marcus Moody has quit the John Colipari's Memphis basketball team because of dissatisfaction over his role on the squad. BONNIES BREEZE: Kevin Houston scored 73 points, and host St.
Bonaventure shot 55 percent from 3-point as the Bonnies beat Florida International 91-65. -Associated Press UCONN COASTS: Albert Mouring scored a career-high 24 points to lead No. 16 Connecticut to its fifth straight win, a 97. 70 victory over New Hampshire last night at Storrs, Conn. Mouring, a 3-point specialist, was 5 of 9 from behind the arc and opened the game with a long 3 from the left side.
He also had four assists and two steals for the Huskies (6-1). ROUT IN REMATCH: Duke-Temple I1 was over early because of the top-ranked Blue Devils putting on a show with 3s. Eight days after the teams battled to a two-point classic in the championship game of the Preseason NIT, Duke hit 17 3-pointers in a 93-68 thrashing of the 1 5th-ranked Owls at Philadelphia. Jason Williams had 30 points to lead the Blue Devils (7-0) to the easy win before a sellout crowd of 19,455 at the First Union Center. In the first meeting, Duke won 63-61 at Madison Square Garden.
SPARTANS SAIL: Zach Randolph had 19 points and 10 rebounds as No. 3 Michigan State beat Illinois- 97- 53 at nome to extend the nation's longest winning streak to 16 games. Jason Richardson 17 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Sportans (5-0), who have won 33 straight games at home. Andre Hutson added 11 points and a career-best 12 rebounds. BECAUSE OF WALTON: Richard Jefferson, starting forward for fifth-ranked Arizona, was declared ineligible for last night's 101-41 home win over St.
Mary's because of benefits he received from former NBA and UCLA great Bill Walton. Jefferson and Walton's son Luke, a top reserve for the Wildcats, are best friends. The university planned to petition the NCAA tomorrow to restore Jefferson's eligibility. WILDCATS END SKID: Kentucky dug deep into its bench to beat No. 6 North Carolina 93-76 yesterday at Chapel Hill, N.C., and end its worst start in 16 years.
The Wildcats (2-3) used runs of 18-4 in the middle of each half and outscored North Carolina's reserves 38-12 to snup their six-game losing streak against the Tar Heels (3-2). VOLS RALLY TO WIN: Terrence Woods hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 32 seconds left and seventh-ranked Tennessee rallied from 10 points down in the second half to beat host West Virginia 79-78. HALL WINS IN NEW YORK: Freshman forward Eddie Griffin (20 points) keyed both of Seton Hall's big spurts one at each end of the court in the eighthranked Pirates' 63-54 victory over La Salle at Madison Square Garden. ILLINOIS TOPS K-STATE: Marcus Griffin had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead ninth-ranked Illinois (5-2) over Kansas State 76-56 ct Manhattan, Kan. GATORS PREVAIL: No.
10 Florida overcame poor shooting by making 11 of 12 free throws the final 1:24 to hold off visiting DePoul 83-76. Udonis Hastem scored 21 points for Florida (3-0), WAKE NOW 6-0: Josh Howard and Darius Songaila scored 14 points each as No. 12 Wake Forest beat South Carolina' State 66-55. Wake Forest (6-0) opened up a 15-point lead in the first four minutes of the second half. IRISH WIN ON ROAD: David Graves scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half, including a 3-pointer with 3:44 left that gave No.
11. Notre Dame (4-0) the lead for good in a 77-74 win over host Vanderbilt. TERRAPINS ROLL: Lonnie Baxter dominated inside with 17 points as No. 13 Maryland routed Michigan 82-51 in the semifinals of the Classic in Washington. In today's final, Maryland will meet George Washington, which knocked off No.
19 St. John's 85-75 in the other semifinal. TROJANS CONNECT: Brian Scalabrine and David Bluthenthal combined for 16 consecutive points in the half as No. 15 Southern California defeated 18th-ranked Utah in the John Wooden Classic at Anaheim, Calif. It was USC's first victory over a ranked nonconference opponent since 1995.
ORANGEMEN WIN TOURNAMENT: DeShaun Williams and Damone Brown Jenkins and Pugh represent the UMass future, and given the buildup that preceded them, there's some natural curiosity to see them in the present. That's especially true of Jenkins, who swished two 3-pointers against Holy Cross last week. and played 16 minutes. The Marquette episode can now be chuckled about. "In high school, I probably could have gotten away with that," Jenkins said.
"But while I was pulling down my warmup pants, I think Marquette scored a basket. "Coach Flint pulled me aside, but he didn't scream or fuss." he said. "He just told me what I did wrong, and he's been here longer than me. I can learn from Jenkins says he has particularly learned from UMass guard Monty Mack. "To me.
Monty's the best player in the country." the freshman said. "I knew if I could hang with him in practice. I could play with 'As everyone can see, Willie is a little bit ahead of Jameel," Flint said. "But Willie also came in with Springfield Westfield St. women By JEFF THOMAS Staff writer Springfield College dug an early hole and couldn't climb out, losing to Tufts 91-72 in men's basketball ganie at Medford.
The Pride (2-2) trailed 28-10 early and trailed 46-32 at halftime. Springfield trimmed the lead to nine during the second half but couldn't get closer. Michael Parker led the Pride with 25 points and nine rebounds. No other player scored in double figures. Saint Rose 92, AIC 89: Poor shooting from the field and the line brought visiting American International College its first loss.
The Yellow Jackets (3-1), hit of 78 from the field and 21 of 31 from the line. Malik Moore had 21 points and Andre Noel 17 for AIC. Saint Rose's Steve Sgambelluri led all scorers with 21. Camden CC 87, HCC 51: Shaun Henley had 17 and Matt Gagnon scored 15 points in visiting Holyoke Community College's loss. STCC 73, Massasoit CC 66: James Price had 18 points and 12 rebounds as Springfield Technical Community College improved to with the home win.
Arts 53, Middlebury a different work ethic, and that's why he's ahead." "My coach back home told me I might have been the man in high school, but we'd only come across a Division I college player once in a blue moon." he said. "Here, everybody's a Division I player. That helped get me prepared." Jenkins' shooting touch has caught the eye of UMass fans, but he doesn't think he has had a good game yet. "I need to rebound," he said. "The shots will be there, because other teams will key on Monty, Shannon (Crooks).
Jackie (Rogers) or Kit (Rhymer). But I thought if I could have had two or three more rebounds against Holy Cross, we might have won." As for Pugh, Flint compares him to Chris Kirkland, who spent much of his early UMass years on the bench before becoming a star. "Jameel is starting to come around a little," Flint said. "He was homesick for a little while, but now he's got to get to the gym, do his work and also work on his Flint may think Pugh is facing a adjustment, but Pugh hardly' sounds awed. "I've been playing against col-.
lege and guys since I was 16," he said. "This isn't any different." upend Local basketball WOMEN Westfield St. 55, WNEC 41: The Williams Invitational: Host Williams won its tournament with a 73-67 overtime victory over Alfred in overtime. Drew DeMuth had 22 points and Andrew Conley 21 for the Ephs (4-0). Westfield State won the consolation game, 103-73 over Elms.
Bryant James scored 19 and Kurt Huggins 18 for the Owls, and Heath Churchill had 18 for the Blazers. Amherst 64, Vassar 62: Hadley's Stephen Zieja had 18 points and seven rebounds to lead the Lord Jeffs (2-1) in Worcester. Owls got 17 points, eight assists and five steals from Jamie Vielmetti in their win over Western New England College in Springfield. A.J. LaBelle added 12 points for the winners while Erin Marino, Jamie Carney and Krista Savard each scored nine for WNEC (1-5).
Saint Rose 67, AIC 56: Fourthranked College of Saint Rose handed the Yellow Jackets their first loss. Kristen Patterson had 14 and Rhona McKenzie 13 in the loss for AIC (5-1). UMASS-OREGON ON MASSLIVE We're on the Web www.masslive.com The University of Massachusetts at Oregon game continued beyond press time this morning, but Ron Chimelis'. game story can be found on MassLive at www.masslive.com/umassbasketball But Flint has spoken with Pugh about patience. and the freshman says that counts.
"I think it's important that a player be clued in on what needs to be done, so he knows his effort will go to a goal or achievement," Pugh said. "You don't want to practice, not knowing what to work on, because wind up making the same mistakes." He now sees he'll have to wait longer than expected for his chance. While Jenkins is eased into the lineup, Pugh can only wait and be ready. Ta "It's a matter of time before I learn what I have to do and where I have to be out there," he said. "But my chance will come." Navy tops Army for first victory Associated Press BALTIMORE Brian Broadwater ran for 121 yards and a touchdown and passed for a score as Navy avoided a winless season by beating Army 30-28 yesterday.
Looking for their first win since last year's Army-Navy game, the Midshipmen (1-10) built a 20-point lead late in the third quarter and held on to beat the bumbling Black Knights, who committed five turnovers. Navy lost the ball twice. Army (1-10) used two fourth-quarter touchdown passes by Curtis Zervic to cut the gap to 30-28 with 2:44 left, but an onside kick failed, and Navy retained possession when the Black Knights were called for running into the kicker on a 43- yard field goal try with 1:29 to go. Mich. COACHING CIRCLE: Dennis Erick- Leftwich's 29-yard touchdown pass to John Cooper midway through the fourth quarter lifted Marshall to its fourth straight berth in the Motor City Bowl.
Marshall (7-5) will play Conference USA runner Cincinnati (7-4) 27 in Pontiac, son. who coached Oregon State to its best record ever, signed a new seven-year contract that could earn him nearly $7 million. The signing brought to an end speculation that Erickson would take the coaching vacancy at Southern California Boise State promoted Dan Hawkins to head coach, replacing Dirk Koetter. Koetter left the Broncos this weekend to coach Arizona State. DIVISION 1-AA Delaware 47, Lehigh 22: Matt Nagy threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns, and the host Fighting Hens scored 28 points off turnovers in a Division quarterfinal.
Delaware (12-1) plays host to defending national champion Georgia Southern, a 48-20 winner over Hofstra. in a semifinal Saturday. Montana 34, Richmond 20: At Missoula, Drew Miller threw for 381 yards and three touchdowns to lead Montana in a Division I-AA quarterfinal. whips Springfield Greg Switaj's kick, only his second field goal attempt of the season, caromed off the left upright. and Springfield remained 13 points behind.
Granato completed his next pass 48 yards to Coleman, and a personal foul penalty against Springfield put the ball on the 17. The Pride held, and Widener settled for a 40-yard field goal and led by 17 points. "We held them at the goal line and as soon as we did, I called upstairs and said we're going to go for it as soon as we get the ball." Widener coach Bill Zwann Springfield had a solid performance out of senior quarterback Kevin Cahill, who directed the offense and rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown, and senior fullback Jay Miller. who had 154 yards and a touchdown. Junior Bob Sedlor had 96 yards on the ground, and senior Demetrius Dunn, who had Springfield's other two touchdowns one running and one pass, rushed for 66 yards.
Miller rushed for only 4 yards in the first half, and Cahill was held to 65 before intermission. stumbles P. Springfield hit just 20 of 57 field goals while Norwich connected on only 16 of 59. The Pride rallied from a 23-21 halftime deficit to improve to Amherst 52, WPI 49: Sarah Berg. man led Amherst (3-0with.
14 points. eight rebounds and five steals. Wesleyan 90, Elms 46: At Chicopee, Tenielle Hill had 14 points and Kim Fontaine 11 in the Blazers' loss to Wesleyan that dropped them to 1-5. Bay Path 44, Mass. Coll.
of Pharmacy 20: Michelle Frett and Carrie Nemec each scored 10 points to lift Bay Path. Union 74, Williams 58: Katie Smith scored 24 points, and Heather Bennett added 22 as Union (4-0) ended an 11-game lost ing streak to visiting Williams (3- 2). The Ephs were led by Kate Stumpo with 19 and Liz Tilley with 16. Curry 63, Arts 46:, At North Adams, Elizabeth Jones had 14 points and 13 rebounds. but it wasn't enough for the Mohawks (0-5).
Wellesley 72, Mount Holyoke 66: Wellesley's win puts it in the Seven Sisters championship game with Vassar to be played today at Mount Holyoke. The Lyons. who will face Swarthmore in the third-place game, were led by Jessica Justice 50: Bobby Fortes had 15 points and Springfield 54, Norwich 43: Cara with 24 points. 10 rebounds as the visiting Mo- McMahon scored a game-high 16 Smith 39, Bryn Mawr 19: The Piohawks improved to 3-2 with a win points in the Pride's sloppy home neers will play St. Joseph today in over the Panthers.
win over Norwich. the Seven Sisters fifth-place game. Tudryn returns to set record By DICK BAKER A large group of family and group to compete for a spot in the Staff writer friends were leaning over the bal- NCAA championships. It would cony bars to root for Tudryn in the take a time of 2:13 to make the auAMHERST Two more wins, tightly seating area. packed Boyden Building tomatically qualifying group.
and another record fell to Annie "It was hard at "I wasn't expecting to go that Tudryn yesterday as the Cathedral Thanksgiving was the first first because time I fast," Tudryn said of her performHigh School graduate and Syra- was home, so this ance in North Carolina. "We were cuse her University freshman showed cake," Tudryn said of the home- at the pool 10 hours a day, and by is icing on the off Massachusetts. skills at the University of coming. "I have more fans here to- the third day, I was tired. I was tryAlthough they weren't her per- day than I do at Syracuse.
It ing mers, to and stay with the UNC swimsonal-best times of the season, Tu- doesn't add any pressure, but do I surprised myself by dryn still managed to set a Rogers feel I like I have to entertain them." going faster." Pool record in the 100-yard breast- Tudryn recorded a national The decision to attend Syracuse stroke by finishing first in a time of ninth-best time of the season at came with some encouragement of 1 minute, 5.67 seconds yesterday 2:16.33 in the 200 breaststroke Orangewomen assistant coach Elmorning before capturing her Nov. 18 at the Nike Challenge in lie Walker, an Amherst native who strongest event. the 200 breast- Chapel Hill, N.C. That time, which used to swim with Tudryn's aunts stroke. in 2:20.05 in the afternoon broke the school record she previ- at the Northampton YMCA.
as Syracuse (3-1) topped UMass ously set against Pittsburgh Oct. "Syracuse had the balance of The 240-130 in Minutewomen a two-day fell to dual 5-1. meet. 28 is good enough to put having both strong academics and her in the cut as part of a select athletics," Tudryn said. Huskies get back at Yellow Jackets By DICK BAKER Staff writer Two quick second-period goals lifted the University of Connecticut past American International College 4-1 in a fast -paced, wellplayed Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference hockey game last night at the Olympia in West Springfield.
With the win, the Huskies avenged a 3-1 defeat to the Yellow Jackets Friday night at Storrs. AIC freshman Guillaume Caron scored on the power play at 10:41 of the first period, but Matt Herhal answered 15 seconds into the second period, and Mike Boylan put the Huskies ahead to stay at 3:51. Local hockey The Yellow Jackets applied pressure the first 15 minutes of the third, but couldn't push the equalizer past UConn goaltender Jason Carey. Eric Goclowski and Eric Nelson added insurance goals in the last four minutes. "We beat them Friday at their rink.
and they really came out determined," AIC coach Gary Wrig. ht "But on the whole, I'm satisfied with the way we played this weekend. That concluded our league schedule for the first semester, and we're 4-5-1 having played an arduous schedule with a lot of games on the road." Boston University 4, UMass 2: For the second straight night, the Terriers (4-8-1, 3-4-1) topped the Minutemen with the help of three power-play goals. Dan Cavanaugh of Springfield scored the first goal as BU took a 3-0 lead in the first period. Brad Nizwantowski and Kris Wallis had the goals for visiting UMass which is winless in its last eight games.
Amherst 4, St. Anselm 2: Junior defenseman Greg Carr scored with 13 seconds remaining. and Jim Smith added an empty-netter with 1 second left as the Lord Jeffs (6-1) won in New Hampshire for the second night in a row. Pre.
